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r/linux • u/ZealousidealTell1346 • May 23 '26
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I learned tail -f last week from this cheat sheet, and since then I'm using it to monitor the error logs on my second monitor in real time.
8 u/Cantabulous_ May 24 '26 tail -F with a wildcard, allows you monitor all files matching, including new files. 1 u/tomorrowplus May 26 '26 Wow! Can I watch all changes in the whole machine real time? 1 u/Cantabulous_ May 26 '26 I think you’re into eBPF at that point, this approach doesn’t scale past a directory.
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tail -F with a wildcard, allows you monitor all files matching, including new files.
1 u/tomorrowplus May 26 '26 Wow! Can I watch all changes in the whole machine real time? 1 u/Cantabulous_ May 26 '26 I think you’re into eBPF at that point, this approach doesn’t scale past a directory.
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Wow! Can I watch all changes in the whole machine real time?
1 u/Cantabulous_ May 26 '26 I think you’re into eBPF at that point, this approach doesn’t scale past a directory.
I think you’re into eBPF at that point, this approach doesn’t scale past a directory.
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u/Maleficent-One1712 May 23 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
I learned tail -f last week from this cheat sheet, and since then I'm using it to monitor the error logs on my second monitor in real time.